Ziptie is the 12th and final song off Julien Baker’s third album Little Oblivions.
The song expands on a recurring theme of religion within Baker’s discography, this time citing the fallibility of human beings to continually prescribe to Christ-like morality.
[Verse 1]
Limping like a prodigal son
Someone got my head in the slums
Everything I do makes it worse
Human nature, call it a curse
Tired of collecting the scars
Stories at the parties and bars
Tryna find a reason to fight
Someone's got my head in a zip tie
[Chorus]
Oh, good God
When you gonna call it off?
Climb down off of the cross
And change your mind?
[Verse 2]
Catch me on the enemy line
Hocking all the gold in my teeth
Oh, I was disappointed to find out how much
Everybody looks like me
[Chorus]
Oh, good God
When you gonna call it off?
Climb down off of the cross
And change your mind?
Good God
When you gonna call it off?
Climb down off of the cross
And change your mind?
Ziptie was written by Julien Baker.
Ziptie was produced by Julien Baker.
Julien Baker released Ziptie on Fri Feb 26 2021.
I was watching people be restrained with zip ties on the news. It’s just such a visceral image of violence to see people put restraints on another human being—on a demonstrator, on a person who is mentally ill, on a person who is just minding their own business, on a person who is being racially pro...